Rating: 7/10 Release: 321 July 2021 Label: Independent Antti Martikainen is an independent composer from Finland whose pedigree spans from video games, pop music, and his eponymous solo fantasy/power metal project. I went into Carmina Gloria a little unaware of his work, or so I thought, as he has writing … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 16 May 2017 Label: Napalm Records If you’ve been listening to folk metal anytime in the last twelve years, you’ve probably run across the most prolific pirate metallers around. Alestorm is easily one the biggest acts in the genre and have been pushing landlubbers of planks since … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 30 June 2017 Label: Trollzorn The Walls of Vanaheim are German Power/Viking metallers Black Messiah’s seventh full length album. Taking the form of full on concept album The Walls of Vanaheim uses an audiobook approach to telling the story of The Aesir/Vanir War and is a continuation … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 2017 Label: Independent ‘Nyarlathotep’ is the third single Russia’s Codex Verus’s produced since their EP ‘Der Erlkönig’ of 2013. There’s not a whole lot to digest here, it are only three songs, but each one is quite unique from the other. With ‘Nyarlathotep’ displaying more of an … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 23 March 2017 Label: Independent It’s been two years since Sweden’s Bergsvriden released their debut album ‘I Vitterhetens Becksvarta Gömmen’ and I’ve been hooked ever since. Pretty impressive given it was only seven songs, one being a cover. Couple that with being only a three piece you … Continue reading →
Rating: 8/10 Release 17 March 2017 Label: Extreme Metal Music Italy’s Dusius is an impressive seven piece specializing in a nice blend of Viking/Celtic folk metal. They started in 2010 and outside a demo this is the first full length and it’s a really nice debut. I’d say their music … Continue reading →
Rating: 9/10 Release 24 February 2017 Label: NoiseArt Records Folk metal to me is the most diverse metal subgenre out there, it’s complete with its own genres within itself, and no written rules to regulate what is truly folk metal or not. Anything goes from the haunting and majestic. Epic … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: January 2017 Label: Independent 2016 was a great year for folk metal there were so many awesome records were released it was difficult for me to come up with just 10 of best, just out of the sheer volume of remarkable records. We are only into February … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 February 2017 Label: Independent ‘Ruins of Empires’ is Aeternam’s third full length record since forming in 2007. The band themselves hail from Canada and lean heavily towards a middle eastern influence in the same vein as Melechesh and Orphaned Land. It’s really well put together and … Continue reading →
Rating: 6.5/10 Release: 29 December 2016 Label: Independent / Bandcamp Gyrfalcon is a one man project from Ukraine they’re described as psychedelic folk rock on their bandcamp page and I’d say it’s a pretty apt description. Carpathian Folklore is comprised of just four songs but clocks in at around an … Continue reading →
